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Dialogue by Stewart Boston
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. The two characters are written as male, but could be played female without changing the nature of the piece.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleUnnerving and disturbing, but gripping one-act play. Single simple set.
SynopsisTwo immortal beings argue about the pros and cons of passing the time by experimenting with creation. Eventually the one who has worked hard on his people and his vision has to admit it's all gone horribly wrong. The other is happy to bring things to a close.
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Sealed With A Loving Kiss by Liz Dobson
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama, single cottage living-room set.
SynopsisDon arrives on Jill's doorstep twenty one years after their relationship ended. Can he explain why he never came back from the army?
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The Swan Queen by Frank Canino
RolesMinimum Male roles = 0. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 1. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. There is one speaking voice, Lenore. She addresses the audience as a friend, but also addresses two other people (1M, 1F) who might appear on stage. There is also an option for a group of male dancers.
Run TimeAround 30 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicTwo pieces (associated with classical ballet) are suggested as accompaniment. Lazy Bee Scripts does not supply any sheet music with this script.
StylePowerful, brilliantly-written one act play. Single set with simple furniture representing multiple locations.
SynopsisA former Prima Ballerina navigates the final months of her life, balancing her health concerns with those of her stepson, an artist with AIDS. Despite some stark differences at first, the pair find common ground and become allies as they each cope with their diagnoses.
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Bertha and Hal by Joyce Mulvey
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 3. No chorus. Two on-stage characters and a radio announcer who may be pre-recorded.
Run TimeAround 32 minutes. [Estimated!] In readthrough for the original production (Tower Theatre, Stoke Newington) it ran to 40 minutes.
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama in a single domestic setting. Strong character roles for a cast of two. (US English.)
SynopsisHal drops by his mother's home, but he hasn't brought his baby son to visit, as Bertha was hoping. Instead he has painful news to impart that will make her reconsider her attitude to her son and his wife.
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Framed In A Window by John Chambers
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 0. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 32 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA two-handed, one act play, with a single set and containing strong language.
SynopsisMo, the janitor in the Texas School Book Depository, is startled to come across a figure sitting in the notorious window, holding a very familiar rifle. Is it really the ghost of Lee Harvey Oswald?
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Learning to Like You by Robert Scott
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 34 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleA one-act comedy drama on a minimal living room set.
SynopsisAmber has just moved in, so she pops round to introduce herself to her new neighbour, Jake. Jake’s not what she expected, and it takes the pair a number of visits and misunderstandings before they learn enough from each other to be friends.
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12hr Life by Robert Scott
People's Choice Award by Manchester High School's Lancer Theatre Company, USA 2017
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama for a cast of two and a minimalist setting.
SynopsisDylan should be going to a conference, but a chance encounter with Samantha and some forthright discussion, and he's playing truant and having the time of his life. Is it possible to live a life in one day?
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Family History by Deborah Hugill
A performance by Allerton Players won the David Crumpton Memorial Cup at the Nidderdale Deams Festival in 2023.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Two actors converying multiple characters.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleOne-act drama. Minimal set with changes conveyed by lighting. Lots of good challenges for the actors. Contains (appropriately) strong language.
SynopsisGrace is finally opening up to her partner Joe about her family. This begins with with the totally unexpected revelation that her father died more than a year previously. Joe struggles to understand Grace's past relationship with her family, and to help her see the future they could have together.
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An Irregular Satellite by Meg Schenk
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus. Female character also sings.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicSheet music for one of the two songs is provided with the Producer's copy of this script. (The other is a suggestion of a popular song.)
StyleA one act love story, with two songs, and a single simple set.
SynopsisIn an imaginative setting, good friends Fran and Scott gradually discover their love for each other. Written in American English.
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ExtrasThe following additional items are available (at extra cost) to go with this script:
** Backing tracks of songs from the show as MP3 files
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A Life Sentence by Mark Seaman
Eleven awards from Festivals in 2008, including Best Original Script/Play in Wiltshire,
Avon and Gloucestershire and overall festival winner in the last two.
Overall Festival winner Cornwall Festival 2015.
RolesMinimum Male roles = 1. Minimum Female roles = 1. Minimum total with doubling = 2. Minimum total without doubling = 2. No chorus.
Run TimeAround 35 minutes. [Estimated!]
MusicNone.
StyleAn emotionally charged two-hander with a very simple, well-thought-out set and detailed descriptions.
SynopsisA wife talks about her struggle to cope with her husband's dementia, and the effect it had on their family in his final days.
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